Photo: Alice Tabery, Cinepoint
A new documentary about the Czech composer and conductor Vítězslava Kaprálová has just arrived in cinemas. Kaprálová was an extraordinary presence in Czech music between the wars. At a time when very few women were able to build careers as composers, and even fewer stepped onto the podium as conductors, she did both. She died at just 25, but in that short time she produced a body of work that still speaks to audiences today.
One of the voices in the film is that of American pianist and vocal coach Timothy Cheek, a long-time champion of Czech vocal music, who travelled from Michigan to Prague for the film’s official release.
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Author: Ruth Fraňková